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Twice-Born

6 – 8 Mar 2025
The Royal New Zealand Ballet with Scottish Ballet

14 – 15 Mar 2025
Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival 2025: A Streetcar Named Desire

20 – 23 Mar 2025
The Crucible

17 Apr – 24 May 2025
The Snow Queen

27 Nov 2025 – 31 Jan 2026

Jerome Anthony Barnes

Former Principal

Jerome is a black man with short, dark, curly hair smiling at the camera

Jerome was generously supported by Ian and Fiona Russell.

Joined Scottish Ballet: 2017

Left Scottish Ballet: 2024

Training: The Royal Ballet School

Repertoire Highlights: The Scandal at Mayerling, Coppélia, The Secret Theatre, The Snow Queen, The Crucible, The Nutcracker. 

‘Barnes performs incredible pirouettes as the Nutcracker Prince—his turbo-charged solo, performed in front of Brotherston’s wall of Christmas baubles, is nothing short of breathtaking.’
The Secret Theatre, Fjord Review, December 2020 

‘The Hungarian quartet [is] led by a splendid Jerome Barnes’
The Scandal at Mayerling, Dancing Times, April 2022 

Gallery

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Jerome sits in a straddle position with each of his feet elevated on a yoga block
Kai holds Gerda's waist as she lifts a leg up in front of her
Kai kneels on the ground and the Snow Queen leans on his chest with a leg lifted up in the air
Jerome jumps, piking his legs and chest forward and stretching one arm out behind his back